Re: mulch

Kitty: Sounds like your first job needs to be teaching Megan to get over
her fear of worms...maybe once she understands what cool creatures they
really are, she might learn to tolerate them. I had to do the same thing
with my Meghan...
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein
--- On Mon 05/10, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:55:18 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] mulch
No. Megan is afraid of worms and has zero interest in gardening.
Mike<br>seems to prefer houseplants. They just wanted the mulch to look
better, so<br>that's about how I left it. The daylilies will probably do
alright in the<br>clay, they can survive almost anything. I also planted
some Geranium<br>phaeum, because Mike liked it, but thats about it. Down
the road, Megan<br>wants to install a shade tree, so I will probably
help with that. Anybody<br>want to suggest a favorite shade tree for
Zone 5?<br><br>Kitty<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From:
"Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
Monday, May 10, 2004 8:19 PM<br>Subject: RE: [CHAT] mulch<br><br><br>>
Sounds like you are going to be there for awhile working that ....
clay<br>> into something gardeningable... (is that a word?)<br>><br>>
Funny how some small project turns into a major issue... happens to
me<br>> all the time...<br>><br>> Donna<br>><br>><br>> ><br>> > Oh,
nuts!<br>> > BTW, I went back to my niece's house to plant a few things
today. I<br>> > pulled<br>> > away the mulch and cut away the fabric and
found....cypress mulch<br>> under<br>> > it.<br>> > Then I dug down
again (thought I might fall down the infamous rabbit<br>> hole)<br>> >
and found.....black plastic. So by now the soil level is 8-10
inches<br>> > down.<br>> > No way to plant anything. Except.....there
was a large area on a<br>> corner<br>> > that did not have the second
layer. So I cut the hole and found<br>> modeling<br>> > clay. The worst
possible stuff! and these people actually went to the<br>> > effort of
hauling it in there.<br>> > Beats me!<br>> ><br>> > Kitty<br>><br>>
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